Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Robbinsdale Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Eight Days in May Protests
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Greater Minnesota
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Dotson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hanover Bridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood Town Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Wasioja
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
District 48 School Near Delano
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Visiting Golden Gate
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Jordan Brewery Complex
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion School In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome to Hanska
Florence Town Hall
The Milford Monument
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Endion Depot In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Little Marais Inn
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bend in the River Regional Park
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring Ottawa
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Church of the Holy Cross
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Cobden
Old Brewery In Preston
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Enter Marlon Brando
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
Green Lake Mounds
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Franconia
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Le Sueur Theater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City